Commando 44-77567

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando

USAAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 44-77567

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 32963

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU1499

FATE: Written off

  December 1944 to May 1945

  44-77567- USAAF (USA)

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13 December 1944

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command based at Baer Field, IN.

Unknown date

Assigned to I Troop Carrier Command, 813^th AAF Base Unit, Sedalia AAF, MO.

Used for combat crew training.

20 March 1945

Damaged beyond repair 16 km north of Chicago, IL in a belly landing following an engine failure or fire.

Pilot: Carroll D. Woods

5 May 1945

Surveyed at Chicago Midway, IL.

 

Right: the background suggests 44-77567 crashed near an airport, which one?
Photo credit: World War Photos